Regenerative gas-burner



(No Model.)

A. H. MGSES. REGENBRATIVB GAS BURNER.

' N0. 554,946. :Patented- Feb. 18, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED H. MOSES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

REG EN ERATIVE GAS-BU RN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,946, dated February 18, 1896.

Application filed August 24,1895. Serial No. 560,359. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED H. Mosns, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Regenerative Gas-Burners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of .this specification.

My invention relates to that class of gasburners in which the vapor is submitted to the heat of the gas-flame before it reaches the burnenjet, and my invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a side elevation of myimproved burner. Fig. II is a view, partly in elevation and partly in vertical section, taken on line II II, Fig. III. Fig. III is a vertical section taken on line III III, Fig. IV. Fig. IV is a top view of the burner. Fig. V is an enlarged vertical section of the central portion of the burner. Fig. VI is a horizontal section taken on line VI VI, Fig. V. Fig. VII is a similar View to Fig. VI, illustrating a modified form of the perforate partition intermediate of the inner and outer tubes. Fig. VIII illustrates a cross-section of the burner with the lining applied in its depres- Referring to the drawings, 1 designates an ordinary gas-burner nipple, to which I have shown my regenerative burner attached. It is not, however, necessary that this nipple should be employed, as the regenerative burner may be connected directly to the gaspipe, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to the use of my regenerative burner in connection with a burner-nipple. Iprefer, however, to use the nipple, for the reason that it permits of the employment of a tip 2 in its exit end, by which the quantity of gas-flow may be regulated.

3 designates the lower tube of the regenerative burner, to the upper end of which is connected a flaring heating-chamber 4:, provided with a depression 5 at its upper end, and a downwardly-extending tube 6, in which is fitted a tip 7. Within the tube 3 is an inner tube 8, provided with an imperforate partition 9 and having its upper end 10 constructed of flaring form.

j Between the tubes 3 and 8 is a partition 11, provided with openings 12, (see Figs. V and V1,) through which the gas is allowed to pass. In Fig. VII, I have shown a modification of this partition, in which 11 designates the partition, provided with openings 12 extending from the inner to the outer tubes.

The gas on entering the burner follows the directions indicated by arrows in Figs. III

and V-namely, it passes downward to the bottom of tube 8, then upward through the tube 3 through the openings in the partition into the heating-chamber 4, where by reason of the flaring upper end 10 of the tube 8 it is caused to pass outward into the flaring heatin g-chamber, thereby being submitted to the full benefit of the flame burning in the depression 5 of the chamber. The gas passes from the heating-chamber into the flaring upper end of the tube 8 and downward in said tube to the open end of the tube 6, from which last-mentioned tube it emerges through the tip 7 to be consumed.

The jets 2 and 7 are of varied size, as I consider it important to so employ them, for the reason that the gas becomes so much rarefied,

owing to its submission to the heat in the heating-chamber, that its escape at the outlet must be more rapid than its admission at the inlet, and as a natural consequence to the employment of a larger outlet a light of much greater volume is attained.

It might be found advisable to line the heatin g chamber depression 5 with some suitable removable lining, such as metallic plates or asbestos, to form a protection against the heat of the flame burning out the metallic heatingchamber, and in such case I would provide some such lining. Such lining is shown in Fig. VIII, designated by 13.

I claim as my invention 1. In a regenerative gas-burner, the combination of an outer tube adapted to be affixed to a source of gas-supply, an imperforate inner tube provided with a transversely-arranged partition and open at each end, and a heating-chamber connected to said outer tube, said heating-chamber being adapted to receive a burner-tip, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a regenerative gas-burner, the combination of an outer tube adapted to be affixed to a source of gas-supply, an imperforate inner tube provided with a transversely-arranged partition and open at each end, a heating-chamber connected to said outer tube, said heating-chamber being provided with a depression extending across its upper end and an opening adapted to receive a burner-tip, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a regenerative gas-burner, the combination of an outer tube adapted to be affixed to a source of gas-supply, an imperforate inner tube having an upper flaring open end, a lower open end, a transverse partition intermediate of its ends, a perforate partition between said outer and inner tubes, and a heating-chamber, said heating-chamber containing a depression extending across at its upper end, and a seat adapted to receive a burner-tip, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

i. In a regenerative gas-burner adapted to contain a tip, a heating-chamber located beneath the point of gas consumption, said chamber having its upper surface arranged in such position as to be in contact with the flame of the burner, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a regenerative gas-burner, the combination of a connection from said burner to a source of gas-supply, a flaring heating-chamberforlninga part of said burner, said chamber containing a depression across its upper end, a conduit leading from said gas-supply to said heating-chamber, said heating-chamber being provided with an outlet, and means for retarding the flow of gas from the source of supply to said heating-chamber, substantially as described.

6. In a regenerative gas-burner containing a consumption-tip, the combination of a connection from a source of gas-supply to said burner, a heating-chamber forming a part of said burner, a conduit leading from said source of supply to said heating-chamber, said heating-chamber being provided with a depression across its upper end, and an outlet located in said depression, and means for retarding the flow of gas from said source of supply to said outlet, said means consisting of a tip having an opening of smaller diameter than the opening of said consumption-ti p, substantially as described.

ALFD. II. MOSES. In presence of- E. S. KNIGHT, N. FINLEY. 

